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A phonetic law in the Judeo - Arabic dialect of Baghdad: α > ә in pretonic closed syllable

A phonetic law in the Judeo - Arabic dialect of Baghdad: α > ә in pretonic closed syllable A phonetic law in the Judeo-Arabic dialect of Baghdad: a > a in pretonic closed syllable1* By M. Bravmann (New York) In the Judeo-Arabic dialect of Baghdad, I have observed the following phonetic law: The short vowel in all closed syllables preceding the stressed syllable of a word is shifted into the neutral vowel 9. We quote the following instances. Nouns like S&hr 'month', s&na 'year', uaqqa 'leaf* (<i*ifagqa < yaraqa) have the dual forms §9hr$n9 #9nt$n, y,9qt$n. The numerals 'fifty' and 'seventy5 are T&amsm, S9bin (as against hamsl 'five', sab'a 'seven9). The common Semitic pattern for nomina agentis qattal appears as q9ttdl, e. g. dobbah 'slaughterer', notftfag 'carpenter*. The plural of the nominal pattern qatla is q9tlat, e. g. g&nm&t (pi. of ganma 'a single lamb', nomen unitatis of ganam), s&mkat (pi. of samka 'fish', nom. unit, of samak). In forms with pronominal suffixes of the same pattern, the stem appears as qztlot-, e. g. uaqa 'fall': U9qotu 'his fall'. Further cases are the nomen unitatis-forms with the ending -aji of certain patterns, as Sa*(9)g 'hair' (Sd*gl 'my hair', etc.): S9*ga%i *a single hair', pi. Sa'g&iat; habba 'a grain': fobbaii, 'a little grain'. Hebrew words like Sabbat http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Der Islam de Gruyter

A phonetic law in the Judeo - Arabic dialect of Baghdad: α > ә in pretonic closed syllable

Bravmann, Meïr M.
Der Islam , Volume 36 (1-2) – Jan 1, 1960
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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
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0021-1818
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10.1515/islm.1960.36.1-2.99
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A phonetic law in the Judeo-Arabic dialect of Baghdad: a > a in pretonic closed syllable1* By M. Bravmann (New York) In the Judeo-Arabic dialect of Baghdad, I have observed the following phonetic law: The short vowel in all closed syllables preceding the stressed syllable of a word is shifted into the neutral vowel 9. We quote the following instances. Nouns like S&hr 'month', s&na 'year', uaqqa 'leaf* (<i*ifagqa < yaraqa) have the dual forms §9hr$n9 #9nt$n, y,9qt$n. The numerals 'fifty' and 'seventy5 are T&amsm, S9bin (as against hamsl 'five', sab'a 'seven9). The common Semitic pattern for nomina agentis qattal appears as q9ttdl, e. g. dobbah 'slaughterer', notftfag 'carpenter*. The plural of the nominal pattern qatla is q9tlat, e. g. g&nm&t (pi. of ganma 'a single lamb', nomen unitatis of ganam), s&mkat (pi. of samka 'fish', nom. unit, of samak). In forms with pronominal suffixes of the same pattern, the stem appears as qztlot-, e. g. uaqa 'fall': U9qotu 'his fall'. Further cases are the nomen unitatis-forms with the ending -aji of certain patterns, as Sa*(9)g 'hair' (Sd*gl 'my hair', etc.): S9*ga%i *a single hair', pi. Sa'g&iat; habba 'a grain': fobbaii, 'a little grain'. Hebrew words like Sabbat

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